Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also
Inspirational
I've Heard That All My Life!
Familiar Expressions from the Bible
Object:
Expression: Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also
Location: Matthew 6:21
Verse: For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The congressman voted in support of what would enhance his own position instead of what would be best for the country. The insurance salesman explained a policy to an elderly person so that he could sell the policy and earn the commission rather than tell the truth. The employee in a financial institution misrepresented facts, cheated, and withheld information which enabled her to climb up the corporate ladder in the company.
The congressman's heart was in gaining power. The insurance salesman's heart was in gaining money. The financier's heart was in gaining career advancement.
One of the ten commandments is a warning against covetousness. A covetous person is one who has an inordinate desire for wealth or possessions, or for another's possessions.
In the New Testament, Jesus preaches his Sermon on the Mount to his disciples (Matthew 5-7). The primary purpose of the Sermon on the Mount is to set before us the law of the Kingdom of God.
Jesus teaches not to store up treasures on earth where they can be destroyed, but let our treasures be in heaven where they will never lose their value. Jesus stresses that if our most loved treasures are in heaven, then our hearts are going to be there also. Instead of having our primary thought on material wealth, our primary thought and our love should be in working toward the Kingdom of God.
Location: Matthew 6:21
Verse: For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The congressman voted in support of what would enhance his own position instead of what would be best for the country. The insurance salesman explained a policy to an elderly person so that he could sell the policy and earn the commission rather than tell the truth. The employee in a financial institution misrepresented facts, cheated, and withheld information which enabled her to climb up the corporate ladder in the company.
The congressman's heart was in gaining power. The insurance salesman's heart was in gaining money. The financier's heart was in gaining career advancement.
One of the ten commandments is a warning against covetousness. A covetous person is one who has an inordinate desire for wealth or possessions, or for another's possessions.
In the New Testament, Jesus preaches his Sermon on the Mount to his disciples (Matthew 5-7). The primary purpose of the Sermon on the Mount is to set before us the law of the Kingdom of God.
Jesus teaches not to store up treasures on earth where they can be destroyed, but let our treasures be in heaven where they will never lose their value. Jesus stresses that if our most loved treasures are in heaven, then our hearts are going to be there also. Instead of having our primary thought on material wealth, our primary thought and our love should be in working toward the Kingdom of God.
